Glassy Sky

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I was just released from the hospital and the Host Club were walking me back home. I was feeling kinda normal from recovering a bit in the hospital. As we were walking back home, I heard a familiar voice that made me freeze up. "Hello, Mayuri," A voice greeted me.

I turned around, my silver angel wing earrings jingling to my movement, to see Yuna grinning at me. She approached me. "So are these your new rich friends to hide behind?" She asked. "Feel powerful now?"

I was terrified, but at the same time, I was exhausted of her abuse. I just left the hospital and I can't catch a break? Suddenly, Haruhi spoke up. "Lay off, Yuna," she defended me. "You were powerful when you were a bully because you had people backing you up by what you're saying."

Yuna flushed slightly at the unexpected comeback but covered it up with a glare. "I wasn't asking for your input," she snapped. "I was asking for Mayuri's. Is enjo-kōsai* still your thing, fag?"

"I told you before!" I shouted. "That rumor is old, who still believes in that?"

"The people who saw that picture of you and your date when I get to them," she shrugged.

I knew it. So it was her who enlarged and posted that picture for everyone to see. "It was you!" I shrieked as I pointed at her.

"Yeah, but where's your proof?" She pointed out. "You got my confession, but can you take my word for it? After all, I'm innocent until proven guilty."

"Actually, you have been proven guilty," Kyoya stated as he lifted up the flash drive.

Yuna's confident smirk melted into a confused frown. "Do you think Ouran wasn't equipped with security measures for the safety of the students?" Kyoya demanded. "You might of worn dark clothing, but your red hair and glimpses of your face gave us enough evidence it's you."

Yuna's face began to pale. "S-So you got your evidence," she stammered. "You still can't prove those rumors of Mayuri being into enjo-kōsai are true or not."

"Perhaps we can," The twins smirk as they hold up a strip of photos, like the ones who get in a photo booth. In each of those photos was Yuna with an obviously older male as her date. The first picture they were smiling, the second picture they were hugging, and the third picture they were kissing. "Imagine if we enlarged this and taped it all over your school," they snickered.

Yuna realized in how deep trouble she was in. "What do you all want?" She demanded.

"Leave Mayuri alone!" Haruhi shouted. "She isn't your problem anymore since she's left your school, right? So there's no need to terrorize her life anymore!"

"...you got me Mayuri," Yuna sighed. "But only because you got your rich friends behind your back, Mayuri. It's still not over. It never will be!"

Yuna stomped off in humiliated defeat and I breathed a sigh of relief. "You guys..." I turned to them, smiling. "Thank you."

"Don't thank us just yet," Kyoya smiled.

"What do you mean?" I asked as Kyoya held up the flash drive and took the photo strip from the twins. "Kyoya, don't! We promised her that we wouldn't tell!"

"Promised her what?" Kyoya responded. "We used this to our advantage. We didn't make a promise. Besides, the Chairman has been furious at this scandal and wants names of who did it. I think he will be pleased when this reaches him and you finally get some justice. Plus, the photo strip will get her into a little bit more trouble with her school."

I blinked, speechless. "But...that will bring two schools together and since Ouran isn't really tolerant when it comes to things like this...she will surely get expelled from her school," I pointed out. "Maybe this is a but too far?"

"She already went too far when she told you to kill yourself," Tamaki stated.
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*Enjo-kōsai (援助湖西) - the practice of schoolgirls dating middle-aged men in exchange for gifts or cash. Called "compensated dating" in English. It's frowned upon by the Japanese. If the girl is discovered practicing that, it can bring shame to her family forever.